The need is great in Guatemala where many indigenous children live in abject poverty. Child Aid helps kids learn lifesaving skills – reading and writing. By providing hundreds of thousands of new Spanish-language books, our organization provides the building blocks from which a child can build a better life for themselves, their families and their nation. Continue Reading
Student Stories
Juana’s Story: Becoming a Better Reader and Writer with Child Aid
Before Child Aid, Juana had trouble reading and writing. But we partnered with Juana’s school, San Ramón Elementary, and coached her teacher, Patricia, through our three-year, award-winning training program. Continue Reading
Some Gifts Last a Lifetime
Because of your generosity. Child Aid has been able to deliver more than 800,000 high-quality, Spanish-language books to more than 250 elementary schools in Guatemala. Our in-depth literacy program has benefitted nearly 100,000 indigenous Guatemalan children. Continue Reading
Be The Reason She Can Read
In Guatemala, thousands of children are asking for a better education. Child Aid meets their needs with a three-year, award-winning literacy program in hundreds of elementary schools. Continue Reading
Launch of Girl’s Program
Child Aid launches new after-school program designed to encourage female students to stay in school longer and feel more confident in the classroom. Continue Reading
A Family With a Passion for Reading
It’s evening in a small tienda in the town of El Sitio, Guatemala, and Marí Hemelda Gomez and her daughters huddle together in a back room, perched on stools and reading in the shadow of a wall hung heavy with pots and pans.[/caption] Each night before bed this family reads together, pausing only to help […] Continue Reading
Educating the Kickball Kid
“German can’t kick!” The children stood around professor Marco Venicio Sela Girón and stared. The jostling class, normally frenetic with movement, stood still. Nearly thirty elementary-age kids had gathered on the dusty playground at the Rafael Téllez García Elementary School in Sololá, Guatemala, to learn to play kickball and run in the sunshine. Even German. […] Continue Reading
VIDEO: Josué Shares his Favorite Book
Seven-year-old Josué likes to read and have fun with books. He has a favorite he wants to share with you. It’s a classic: “Giraffe’s Can’t Dance.” Child Aid partners with schools in Guatemala to help kids like Josué become lifetime readers and learners. We stock classroom shelves with colorful, engaging books, train teachers in literacy […] Continue Reading
Finding New Friends in the Pages of a Book
Josué Cluis, 7, can’t decide which character in his favorite storybooks he would most like to be if he could transform himself. The boy with twinkly brown eyes concentrates hard before answering. “A dog maybe … or a giraffe,” he laughs. “I read a book about a giraffe who couldn’t dance.” Josué smiles as he […] Continue Reading
Board Members Visit Rural Communities
By: John Kin, Child Aid Board Member Judging by the looks of surprise we got along the way, it’s probably not every day that a couple of pickup trucks filled with Americans comes bumping along through the back roads of Guatemala. I was traveling with a group of Child Aid board members and supporters to […] Continue Reading